The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership

‘Rightly to be great is not to

stir without great argument.’

Shakespeare

‘Men

sleep well

in the

Inn of

Decision.’

Old Arab Proverb

Creativity and innovation

i) Personal reminders

The seven habits of successful creative thinkers are:

1 Thinking outside the apparent confines of the problem/situation

2 Welcoming chance intrusions

3 Listening to your depth mind (the unconscious mind)

4 Suspending judgement

5 Using the stepping stones of analogy

6 Tolerating ambiguity

7 Banking ideas from all sources

Innovation needs the generation, harvesting andimplementation of

ideas and managers good at innovation accept risk, are flexible and

are motivated to take ideas through to completion.

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